From 77a47b2c5e7c3243743bd8d7594366f498e9cef7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurent Bercot
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 08:18:53 +0000
Subject: More modifications, and doc change
---
doc/pipeline.html | 18 +++++++++---------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
(limited to 'doc/pipeline.html')
diff --git a/doc/pipeline.html b/doc/pipeline.html
index 99a89e0..13882f1 100644
--- a/doc/pipeline.html
+++ b/doc/pipeline.html
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
- execline: the pipeline command
-
-
+ execline: the | command
+
+
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
skarnet.org
- The pipeline program
+ The | program
-pipeline runs two commands with a pipe between them.
+| runs two commands with a pipe between them.
Interface
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
- pipeline [ -d ] [ -r | -w ] { prog1... } prog2...
+ | [ -d ] [ -r | -w ] { prog1... } prog2...
- - pipeline reads prog1... in a
+
- | reads prog1... in a
block and unquotes it.
- It runs prog1... as a child process and execs into
prog2..., with a pipe between prog1's stdout and
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ environment variable.
- -d : run prog1...
-as a grandchild of pipeline. This is meant to prevent a zombie
+as a grandchild of |. This is meant to prevent a zombie
from hanging around if prog2... fails to wait for its children.
- -r : make prog1... the writer and
prog2... the reader. This is the default.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ from hanging around if prog2... fails to wait for its children.
Notes
- - You can easily create a chain of pipes: pipeline a "" pipeline b "" c
+
- You can easily create a chain of pipes: | a "" | b "" c
is roughly equivalent to
sh -c 'exec a | b | c', except that shells usually run c
as a child process like a and b, and exec has no
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